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Opposition to energy drinks seems like a moral panic to me. Like I don't see anyone calling for bans on coffee and Irish coffee.
by yrjrjjrjjtjjr 3mo ago
Opposition to energy drinks seems like a moral panic to me. Like I don't see anyone calling for bans on coffee and Irish coffee.
- nemomarx 3mo agoI could believe the UK might try to ban selling coffee to under 21s too at the current rate, honestly. There's probably at least one study about stunting growth with coffee?
- ls612 3mo ago[flagged]
- swores 3mo agoI mean, there's more than enough reasons to criticise or laugh at the UK that actually exist, without mocking a country for a hypothetical of someone online that hasn't actually been proposed by any politicians or, well, anybody at all?
- vablings 3mo agoIt is incredibly annoying at the self-checkout being asked to present PHOTO ID to buy a monster energy. I was once denied my beverage, so I walked back over to the meal deal area and purchased a Starbucks canned coffee that had THE SAME LEVEL OF CAFFIENE
- inigyou 3mo agoYou're making the mistake of assuming it has something to do with the caffeine content or caffeine being illegal. There's one pattern that all these rules have in common: Someone noticed a problem, so they added friction to try and reduce the problem. People are getting fucked up on Red Bull? Add friction to buying a Red Bull. People aren't getting fucked up on coffee? Then don't add friction to coffee. I know us engineer personalities would like to define uniform rules for all caffeinated products or not define any rules, and that's what you should do if you are making a medical robot to maintain someone's caffeine level, but that isn't really how the social world works. It's a quite straightforward loop of observation->response.
- cindyllm 3mo ago[dead]
- strbean 3mo agoAnd a hypothetical banning that isn't totally unreasonable if you look at it objectively. What other highly addictive cardiotoxic stimulants should we allow to be sold over-the-counter with no age limits whatsoever?
- crtasm 3mo agoWell, are either of those sold in cans and marketed to children?
- yrjrjjrjjtjjr 3mo agoCoffee is sold in cans yes. Very popular in Japan. Elsewhere... I think I saw Starbucks cans? Or was it bottles?
- asdff 3mo agoAnything with any sort of flavor is argued as being sold to children these days. Except bubblegum flavored vodka I guess. Somehow that has always gotten the pass while people handwring over juul pods.
- crtasm 3mo agoI'm not sure I follow what you're trying to say - at least here I don't see marketing campaigns for flavored vodka targeting children, and unlike energy drinks it's not on store shelves right next to soft drinks.
- asdff 3mo agoI never saw those sorts of ads for juul either. People just incorrectly assumed fruity must be for kids and that no adults would want say a mango pod vs pure tobacco flavor. At the gas station that vodka is in the common shelving as its often the 40 proof stuff like orlov with these flavors. The smirnoff in the grocery store depending on the state could be in the same aisle as the soda.
- mminer237 3mo agoStarbucks and Black Rifle both sell coffee in cans right next to the energy drinks now. I haven't personally seen any high-caffeine products marketed to kids personally though.
- derwiki 3mo ago
- nephihaha 3mo agoI have had personal health experiences related to them and quit them over twenty years ago before any of this hype.
- Lord-Jobo 3mo agoIt absolutely is. Gambling made legal overnight, exploding into a mega industry? Nah take a look at this scary Red Bull!